The buzz: Okay, fine, it's entertaining if you're a fan. "Is it calculated? For sure. But it does what it needs to do to please its target audience. Everyone else may as well surrender to the juggernaut," the AP reasons.

30 Minutes or Less

The gist: A pizza guy is forced into robbing a bank with his best friend. Heck, if they pull it off, just keep the money and go on the lam. R

The buzz: Don't expect too much, because this isn't a good comedy. "A darkly comic underachiever that manages to charm almost in spite of itself, Ruben Fleischer's 30 Minutes or Less is probably best watched as it was made: without much evident effort," the New York Daily News warns.

Farmageddon

The gist: Another doc in the vein of Food Inc., in which small family farms that don't pump their food full of chemicals before you eat it are muscled out by corporate agriculture and the government. The problem with these types of movies is that they preach to the converted. Make it run on screens in McDonald's lobbies and see what happens. No MPAA rating

The cast: Talking heads and downtrodden farmers.

The buzz: Only mildly entertaining and informative. "Racks up damning anecdotal evidence without substantially altering the discussion," Variety notes.

Final Destination 5

The gist: More unknown actors are chased down by the idea that death is a physical force with wishes, dreams and impulses. Unlike the target audience. R

The cast: People you don't know and probably never will, plus Tony Todd.

The buzz: Like you gotta ask. "The script and acting satisfy the genre's requirements by being thoroughly forgettable," the Washington Post says. Why did they even watch it?

The Trip

The gist: Two English comedians take a trip to Northern England to talk about food and life. It's kind of like Sideways about comedy, but without all the tedious Baby Boomer self-pity. No MPAA rating

The cast: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.

The buzz: It's a dry, entertaining diversion, if nothing else. "Part of the fun are those moments that walk the line between truth and fiction — or between fiction and real-life friction," the San Francisco Chronicle cheers.

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

The gist: A documentary chronicling the ascension, breakup and subsequent reunion of one of the most important hip-hop groups of the 1990s. Chances are your local big daily newspaper hasn't written anything on this, because they don't realize it's the Gen Xer equivalent of a documentary about what happened to the Beatles.

The buzz: Universal acclaim from the media outlets that did review it. "The film serves both as a welcome document and reminder of the group in its prime, while also creating a portrait of lives still in motion, grown men trying to move on from yet respect the work of their younger selves," the L.A. Times lauds.

— Joshua Gillin jgillin@tampabay.com

Upcoming releases

Aug. 19: Conan the Barbarian; Fright Night; One Day; Spy Kids: All the Time in the World